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    Rommel Tottoc
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    The document discusses the first stage of the chain of custody rule for dangerous drugs or related items seized as evidence. It states that the apprehending officer should immediately affix their initials or signature to the seized items in the presence of the apprehended person. This marking is important as it allows subsequent handlers to identify the items and ensures the items are kept separate from other materials, preventing evidence from being switched, planted, or contaminated from the time of seizure through the criminal proceedings.

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    The document discusses the first stage of the chain of custody rule for dangerous drugs or related items seized as evidence. It states that the apprehending officer should immediately affix their initials or signature to the seized items in the presence of the apprehended person. This marking is important as it allows subsequent handlers to identify the items and ensures the items are kept separate from other materials, preventing evidence from being switched, planted, or contaminated from the time of seizure through the criminal proceedings.

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    Marking of Drugs Immediately

    Încărcat de

    Rommel Tottoc
    The document discusses the first stage of the chain of custody rule for dangerous drugs or related items seized as evidence. It states that the apprehending officer should immediately affix their initials or signature to the seized items in the presence of the apprehended person. This marking is important as it allows subsequent handlers to identify the items and ensures the items are kept separate from other materials, preventing evidence from being switched, planted, or contaminated from the time of seizure through the criminal proceedings.

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    People v. Gonzales, 708 Phil.

    121, 130-131, 2013, the Court explained that:

    The first stage in the chain of custody rule is the marking of the dangerous drugs
    or related items. Marking, which is the affixing on the dangerous drugs or
    related items by the apprehending officer or the poseur-buyer of his initials
    or signature or other identifying signs, should be made in the presence of
    the apprehended violator immediately upon arrest. The importance of the
    prompt marking cannot be denied, because succeeding handlers of dangerous
    drugs or related items will use the marking as reference. Also, the marking
    operates to set apart as evidence the dangerous drugs or related items from
    other material from the moment they are confiscated until they are disposed of at
    the close of the criminal proceedings, thereby forestalling switching, planting or
    contamination of evidence. In short, the marking immediately upon
    confiscation or recovery of the dangerous drugs or related items is
    indispensable in the preservation of their integrity and evidentiary
    value. (Emphasis supplied)

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